Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.
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If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir by Ilana Kurshan
This week’s podcast features Ilana Kurshan’s memoir If All the Seas Were Ink. Originally written in English, the text translates the study of the Daf Yomi, or “Daily Page,” of the Talmud, into a life story. The Talmud is the main book of...
The Words of Aouni Sbeit from David Grossman's “Sleeping on a Wire”
In this episode we read from David Grossman’s “Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel”, translated by Haim Watzman. The narrative that Grossman records are the words of Aouni Sbeit. Text: David Grossman, Sleeping on a...
A Night to Remember on the Road to Independence
In continuation of the celebrations surrounding Israel’s Independence Day, host Marcela Sulak reads from Amos Oz’s iconic description of the events surrounding the struggle for Israeli independence. Text: Amos Oz, A Tale of Love and Darkness....
Past Euphoria, Towards Wisdom: Amos Oz’s “The Meaning of Homeland”
Tonight marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. Moving past all the euphoria and towards attempts at wisdom, this episode will feature excerpts from the essay “The Meaning of Homeland” by Amos Oz, found in the collection...
Poems of Holocaust Remembrance
In honor of Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel - host Marcela Sulak reads poetry by Paul Celan, including his famous “Death Fugue.” Paul Celan was born Paul Antschel to a Jewish family in Czernowitcz in 1920. The death of his parents...
Bereavement: Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff and “To Die a Modern Death”
In honor of the seven (or eight) days of Passover, which began on Saturday night, we will continue reading the work of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff, whose novel Jacob’s Ladder was featured two weeks ago for its reference to Palm Sunday. This week...
The Day Before Passover: S.Y. Agnon’s “The Home”
In honor of the beginning of Passover this weekend, this week's episode features an excerpt from S.Y. Agnon’s story, “The Home,” which appears in Herbert Levine and Reena Spicehandler’s English translation in Jeffrey Saks’ series on Agnon,...
Egypt, Interbellum: Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff's "Jacob's Ladder"
In honor of Palm Sunday, this episode features an excerpt from Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff's Jacob's Ladder. Born in Cairo in 1917, the author depicts life in Egypt between the two world wars in the novel, which was published in 1951, before she...
Neighborhoods: Mahmoud Shukair's "Jerusalem Stands Alone"
This episode features segments from the book Jerusalem Stands Alone by Mahmoud Shukair, a collection of tales narrated in a series of stand-alone observations, usually no more than a single page, and often simply a paragraph, so that they resemble, in...
“A Bride for One Night”: A Talmudic Tale by Ruth Calderon
In honor of the Purim custom of reading the Book of Esther, this episode features an excerpt from Ruth Calderon's short story "A Bride for One Night". It is the title story in her collection of Talmudic tales, published in Ilana Kushan's English...